ATU International President John Costa is in Pittsburgh for the First Annual ATU Northeast Conference, joined by some of the most powerful elected leaders in the region: Lt. Governor Austin Davis, Congresswoman Summer Lee, Congressman Chris Deluzio, and Pennsylvania State Representative Malcolm Kenyatta.
"These are leaders who show up,” said Costa. “When transit workers need allies in the fight for safe buses, funded systems, and good contracts, they are there. Our members are on the front lines every single day, fighting budget cuts, fighting automation, and fighting for the right to do their jobs safely. Today, we proved that when ATU calls, our elected leaders answer. That’s power, and we’re going to use it.”
This is what it looks like when labor and our elected leaders stand together.
Joining Costa at the conference were International Financial Secretary-Treasurer Ken Kirk and International Vice Presidents Anthony Garland, Ray Greaves, Steve MacDougall, Amanda Sawyer-Turner, Jacques Chapman, and Mark Henry, as well as the NE Conference executive board, including Conference Chair Tommy Mason.